X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive technique that offers a 3D insight into
the microstructure of thick (opaque) samples with virtually no preliminary sample …

This paper presents a review on the relationship between the composition, the structure and
the solution in which calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) is equilibrated. The silica chain length …

This paper reviews the state of the field of nanotechnology in concrete. Definitions of
nanotechnology, including nanoscience and nano-engineering in concrete, are provided …

Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

This paper is a keynote presentation from the 13th International Congress on the Chemistry
of Cement. It discusses the underlying principles of hydration and recent evidence for the …

In this review we focus on the technology associated with low-field NMR. We present the
current state-of-the-art in low-field NMR hardware and experiments, considering general …

This book explores important new NMR spectroscopic methods and describes and
compares the application of NMR to a large variety of useful materials with results from other …

The nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion (NMRD) technique consists of measurement of
the magnetic-field dependence of the longitudinal nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T 1 …

1H nuclear magnetic resonance has been applied to cement pastes, and in particular
calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H), for the characterisation of porosity and pore water …

CSH seeds are highly-efficient in promoting hydration but not compromising the long-term
performances of cement. Unfortunately, mechanisms of the CSH seeds properties affecting …